Sign campaign for release of 7 convicts in Rajiv ass'nion case

: Tamil Nadu Manavar Mandram (TN Students Forum) today began a signature campaign at Pollachi in the district today, seeking the release of seven convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

The forum in a release said that the seven convicts -- V Sriharan alias Murugan, A G Perarivalan, T Suthendraraja alias Santhan, Jayakumar, Robert Payas, Ravichandran and Nalini -- are still languishing in jails despite a resolution passed by the State government for their release.

The campaign, inaugurated by Tamilaga Valvurimai Katchi president Velmurugan, has set itself a target of getting seven lakh signatures to exert pressure on the powers concerned for the release of the convicts, it said.